ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,445, issued on May 27, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"System and method for measuring a force on a jack assembly" was invented by Nathan A. Allen (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jack assembly includes a body. The jack assembly also includes a lifting piston positioned at least partially above the body and configured to move up and down with respect to the body. The jack assembly also includes a lock collar positioned at least partially around the lifting piston. The lock collar is configured to move up and down with respect to the lifting piston in response to rotating the lock collar with respect...